Re^3: On answering stupid questions

Is that so harsh?

Yes. Any personal attack on somebody who didn't give a wrong answer is too harsh.

Actually I think that neither vague nor wrong answers are a sufficient reason for personal attacks at all. To me it doesn't matter if somebody else gave wrong answers in the mean time. You can easily see which postings belong to which user, at least if they were logged in. No need to confuse them, and no need to over-generalize.

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Re^4: On answering stupid questions by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 08, 2008 at 16:36 UTC
How is questioning your twice demonstrated lack of understanding, "a personal attack"? If I question your ability to perform brain surgury a "personal attack"? Or simply a question? If you were a brain surgeon, you might choose to be offended by it. Even if you are were lousy brain surgeon. Surely, even you must recognise that you were a) answering the wrong question; b) giving a vague handwaving answer to the wrong question; c) giving the wrong answer to that wrong question. Twice! I think just your pride is hurt. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. There was no personal attack in that thread. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]
Re^5: On answering stupid questions by moritz (Cardinal) on Jun 08, 2008 at 16:48 UTC
How is questioning your twice demonstrated lack of understanding, "a personal attack"? I don't think I demonstrated lack of knowledge. I've just not given a working code sample, and instead referred to the documentation, which did contain some very similar code to the one the OP was looking for. Could you please explain to me how these answers were "wrong"? How is questioning your twice demonstrated lack of understanding, "a personal attack"? Since I don't think I demonstrated lack of knowledge, and the OP accused me of it, I do feel offended. Is that so unnatural?	[reply]
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